Aid and transition [electronic resource] : EU development cooperation with Russia and Eurasia / Theocharis N. Grigoriadis ; foreword by Prof. Axel Dreher.

Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgements; Contents; Chapter 1: Aid Effectiveness and Donor Preferences; 1.1 Basic Definitions; 1.2 Reciprocal and Normative Donors: The British DFID and the German BMZ; 1.3 The TACIS Program: Agencies, Committees, and Bureaucratic Cycles; 1.4 The Model: Donor Types and Aid Preferences; 1.5 Discussion; Appendix; Chapter 2: Aid Effectiveness and the Soft Budget Constraint; 2.1 Aid Effectiveness and the Recipient Economy; 2.2 Developmental Entrepreneurs and Distributive Planners; 2.3 Centralization and EU Development Aid: The New Soft Budget Constraint

2.4 The Model: The New Soft Budget Constraint2.5 Conclusions; Chapter 3: The TACIS Program in Russia, Ukraine, and Central Asia, 1992-2007; 3.1 Aid, Growth, and Institutions: Literature Overview; 3.2 Aid Effectiveness and Imperfect Monitoring; 3.3 The Model: Aid Effectiveness as Prisoner℗þs Dilemma; 3.4 Aid Effectiveness and the TACIS Program: Evidence from the Field; 3.5 Synthesis; Chapter 4: Europe, Russia, and Global Development; 4.1 Transformations of Development Aid: Russia as a Donor; 4.2 The European Neighborhood and Partnership Instrument; 4.3 The Development Cooperation Instrument

4.4 Europe, Russia, and Regional Economic Integration in EurasiaConclusions: Complementarity and Coordination in Aid Governance; Glossary; References; Index